冖

See also: 宀, 勹, 匸, and ワ

冖	U+5196, 冖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5196

← 冕
[U+5195]

CJK Unified Ideographs

冗 →
[U+5197]

⼍	U+2F0D, ⼍ KANGXI RADICAL COVER

← ⼌
[U+2F0C]

Kangxi Radicals

⼎ →
[U+2F0E]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

冖 (Kangxi radical 14, 冖+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 戈弓 (IN) or 中弓 (LN) or 難難中弓 (XXLN), four-corner 3700₀, composition ⿰丶乛)

Kangxi radical #14, ⼍.

Derived characters

Appendix:Chinese radical/冖
宀, 龸, 𫇦, 𤇾, 𦥯, 𣎾, 肎, 𤬦, 𦘫, 𡗺, 軍(军), 隺, 𢚞, 𠖟, 鼏, 𠬶

Usage notes

In historical forms, often a 3-side enclosure, as in 匸. In modern forms, closer to 宀 without the top stroke (shorter sides).

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 130, character 12
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1565
Dae Jaweon: page 292, character 12
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 302, character 14
Unihan data for U+5196

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 冖
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
冟	*hmjeɡ
冖	*meːɡ
冪	*meːɡ
羃	*meːɡ
濗	*meːɡ
鼏	*meːɡ

A cloth used to cover something. Unrelated to 写 (< 寫), 愛, 亭, 亮, 高, and 學.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 冖 – see 冪 (“to cover with cloth; cloth cover; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 冪).

Usage notes

As a component of other characters, 冖 can be referred to as 禿寶蓋／秃宝盖 (tūbǎogài) or 寶蓋頭／宝盖头 (bǎogàitóu) (Cantonese) or 蓋頭／盖头 (gàitou) (Xiang).

Japanese

Kanji

冖

(Hyōgai kanji)

"crown" radical (わかんむり (wakanmuri), べきかんむり (bekikanmuri))

Readings

Go-on: みゃく (myaku)^{←みやく (myaku, historical)}
Kan-on: べき (beki)
Kun: おおう (ōu)^{←おほふ (ofofu, historical)}

Korean

Hanja

冖 (eumhun 덮을 멱 (deopeul myeok))

cover

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

Han character

冖: Hán Nôm readings: mịch

chữ Hán form of mịch (“Kangxi radical 14—‘cover’’”)

References

Nom Foundation